Main Capital investiert in Finanzdienstleistungs-Softwareanbieter FOCONIS und erwirbt Mehrheit der Anteile
Düsseldorf/Köln/Vilshofen an der Donau am 16.03.2021: Main Capital gibt heute den Erwerb einer Mehrheitsbeteiligung an FOCONIS bekannt, einem führenden Anbieter von Datenqualitäts-, Kontroll- und Compliance-Software für Banken im deutschsprachigen Raum. Mit seinem umfassenden Produktangebot hat sich die FOCONIS AG eine marktführende Position bei Sparkassen und Genossenschaftsbanken aufgebaut und hilft seinen Kunden dabei, regulatorische Anforderungen zu erfüllen, die Datenqualität zu verbessern und Betriebskosten zu sparen.
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Gegründet im Jahr 2000 mit Sitz in Vilshofen, hat sich die FOCONIS mit 80 Mitarbeitern zu einem führenden Softwareanbieter für Banken im deutschsprachigen Raum entwickelt. Zu den über 600 Kunden des Unternehmens zählen vor allem Sparkassen, Genossenschaftsbanken, aber auch Privatbanken und Verbände. Primäres Ziel der FOCONIS-Lösung ist es, die Kunden bei der Identifizierung und Anwendung von Daten- und Compliance-Kontrollen zu unterstützen, um ein effizientes internes Kontrollsystem zu implementieren.
Das Kernprodukt, FOCONIS-ZAK®, konsolidiert Daten aus verschiedenen Quellen (z. B. Wertpapiertransaktionen, Unternehmensinformationen, Bonität), analysiert, kontrolliert und korrigiert diese Daten und aktualisiert sie dann automatisch im Kernbankensystem des Kunden. Dies führt zu einer besseren Datenqualität, verbesserten Compliance-Prozessen und niedrigeren Betriebskosten für Banken, da viele manuelle Compliance- und Datenkontrollprozesse automatisiert werden können. Neben der Datenintegration, der Prozessautomatisierung und den Workflow-Fähigkeiten (inkl. RPA-Integration) liegt der entscheidende Wettbewerbsvorteil der FOCONIS in den engen Partnerschaften mit den größten Bankrechenzentrumsanbietern im deutschprachigen Raum. Diese ermöglichen der FOCONIS den Zugriff auf die in den Kernbankensystemen gespeicherten Daten. Darüber hinaus überzeugt die neue Version ZAK3 durch einen Cloud-fähigen Tech-Stack, starke Usability und moderne UI- sowie Artificial Intelligence–Funktionalität.
In den letzten Jahren stehen Finanzinstitute vermehrt unter Druck, ausgelöst durch das vorherrschende Niedrigzinsumfeld, zunehmende regulatorische Anforderungen und neue Marktteilnehmer, die traditionelle Finanzdienstleister herausfordern. Um die Vielzahl der Finanzregulierungen zu bewältigen und wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben, wird erwartet, dass Banken und andere Finanzdienstleistungsinstitute ihre Prozesse und Organisationen weiter rationalisieren, wodurch die FOCONIS weiter an Bedeutung und Wachstum gewinnen wird.
Main Capital wird die FOCONIS AG und sein Management-Team aktiv dabei unterstützen, die bestehende Marktposition auszubauen und den starken Wachstumskurs durch die weitere Expansion in angrenzende Kundensegmente mit hohen regulatorischen und Datenqualitätsanforderungen fortzusetzen. Neben organischen Wachstumsinitiativen werden selektive Add-On–Akquisitionen eine wichtige Wachstumssäule in der Partnerschaft sein, um das Wertangebot für die Kunden von der FOCONIS weiter zu erhöhen.
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Main Capital invests in financial services software provider FOCONIS and acquires majority stake
Düsseldorf/Cologne/Vilshofen an der Donau: Today, Main Capital announces that it has acquired a majority stake in FOCONIS, a leading provider of data quality, control and compliance software for banks in the German-speaking region. With its comprehensive product offering FOCONIS has built up a market-leading position among both saving and cooperative banks, helping clients to comply with regulatory requirements, enhance data quality and save operating costs.
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Founded in 2000 with its headquarter in Vilshofen, FOCONIS has grown into a leading software provider, primarily addressing banks in the German-speaking region, with 80 employees. Amongst the 600+ clients of the company saving banks (Sparkassen) and cooperative banks (Genossenschaftsbanken) are in the majority next to private banks and associations. The prime objective of the FOCONIS solution is to help clients identify and apply data and compliance controls in order to implement an efficient internal control system.
The main product, FOCONIS-ZAK®, consolidates data from different sources (e.g. securities tradings, company information, creditworthiness), analyzes, controls and corrects this data and then updates the data automatically in the core banking system of the client. This results in better data quality, enhanced compliance processes and lower operating costs for banks since major efforts of the former manually performed compliance and data control processes can be automated. Next to FOCONIS’ data integration, process automation and workflow capabilities (incl. RPA integration), the company’s key competitive advantage stems from its close partnerships with the banking data center providers Finanz Informatik GmbH & Co. KG and Fiducia & GAD IT AG, giving FOCONIS access to client data stored in core banking systems. Moreover, its new version ZAK 3 convinces with a cloud-ready tech-stack, strong usability and modern UI as well as artificial intelligence functionality.
In recent years financial institutions have been under rising pressure driven by the prevailing low interest rate environment yet increasing regulatory requirements and new market entrants that challenge traditional service providers. In order to cope with the multitude of financial regulation and remain competitive, it is expected that banking and other financial services institutions will further rationalize their processes and organizations, setting FOCONIS on a strong growth path in the years to come.
Main Capital will actively support FOCONIS and its management team in leveraging its existing market position and continuing its strong growth path by further expanding into adjacent customer segments with high regulatory and data quality requirements. Besides organic growth initiatives, selective add-on acquisitions will be an important growth pillar in the partnership, enhancing the value proposition for FOCONIS’ customers further.
Cooperation FOCONIS – Main Capital
Olaf Pulwey (Board member FOCONIS):
“Financial institutions are under increasing pressure to comply with more regulations but limited resources. With our mission critical solution we can help our clients to automate manual control tasks and save operating costs in order to remain competitive. We strongly believe that with Main Capital as a partner and Main’s long-standing experience in the financial services software market, we can play a key role in supporting our clients during these challenging times to support them on their digitization and automation journeys.”
Sven van Berge Henegouwen (Partner & Head of Main Capital Partners DACH):
“We are delighted that FOCONIS has chosen Main Capital as their preferred partner to write the next growth chapter of the company together. FOCONIS is an innovative company that has built-up an entrenched market position in a highly attractive end-market. We believe the company provides a strong platform for further organic and inorganic growth strategies, whereby the company can continue to grow in adjacent product and market segments.”
About FOCONIS
FOCONIS is a leading provider of data quality, control and compliance software for banks, designed to support financial institutions with internal reporting systems and to meet regulatory requirements. The solution is focused on banks in the German speaking regions, currently comprising 600+ customers in the financial services industry. The company’s main product, FOCONIS-ZAK®, consolidates data from different sources, encompassing public exchange data, data from banking associations, the customer’s existing data or other (un-)structured data. The system then analyzes and controls the processed data by applying a large set of rules. Where conspicuous business transactions are identified, ZAK initiates the resolution of compliance issues according to a firmly defined process including escalation paths. The controlled and corrected data is then automatically updated in the respective core banking system of the client. The company was founded in 2000 and currently has 80 employees.
About Main Capital
Main Capital is a strategic software investor with an exclusive focus on the software sector in the Benelux, DACH-region and Scandinavia. Within this sector, we are the most specialized party in management buy-outs and later-stage growth capital for strategic acquisitions. Main Capital has approximately Euro 1 billion under management for investments in mature and growing software companies in the Netherlands, DACH-region and Scandinavia. An experienced team of professionals manages these Private Equity funds from offices in The Hague, Düsseldorf and Stockholm.
In addition to FOCONIS, the current portfolio of Main Capital Partners includes fast-growing software and SaaS companies such as Relyon (Field Service Management software), Perbility (HR Software), Pointsharp (Identity & Access Management), Textkernel (HR & AI software), MACH AG (E-Government software), WoodWing (marketing automation), Alfa (healthcare), Exxellence Groep (government software), Optimizers (supply chain software), Assessio (HR & Talent management), GBTEC (process automation / workflow management/ GRC), Onventis (procurement & invoice management), HYPE Innovation (innovation management / collaboration), Cleversoft (GRC for financial services), Enovation (Healthcare), SDB Groep (Healthcare), JobRouter (Process automation), GOconnectIT (GEO ICT), Inergy (data-driven governmental solutions), MUIS Software (financial administrative), Artegic (marketing automation), OBI4wan (customer engagement & Chatbot platform), b + m Informatik (financial services), Sofon (configure-price-quote software), Sharewire (mobile services) and ChainPoint (sustainable supply chain tracking). Successful former companies that have grown substantially under the guidance of Main are among many others: Connexys (HR software), Roxit (municipal software), Axxerion (facility management software), Ymor (APM software), OnGuard (credit management), Regas (healthcare registration), Eurosystems/ABIT (cash management), and RVC (Healthcare).